Greetings:

Just making a point about the nose art that is all. And there is a market for kids in a sense, I know a lot of people buy them to hang in their kid's room and so forth. I'm not saying it wasn't part of history, it's just some people wouldn't want younger eyes to see that, period. It's not a historical issue, it's just the way things are.

This company has some big ambitions considering the current economic state. But the F-14 shows the market is open for these kind of collectibles. So perhaps they will do ok.

Corey

I do hope we some of the other projects realized that they were working on or talking about doing before the demise of 21st.

http://www.warbird-photos.com/gpxd/view ... c&start=20

Great news! Especially if they bring out the KT.

I agree, though technically California Cutie satisfied that to a small degree.

The bikini suggestion is what the Confederate Air Force (now Commemorative Air Force) did with the Yellow Rose B-25.

I like it, and will buy one.

AMEN!!!!! This is exciting!! 1:18 was almost dead and now we have new life into our hobby! Hope JSI keeps making modern and All Go! turns up the heat with new offerings as well! That B-25 has me stoked! I hope they make it!!

True, you won't see cheesecake nose art sitting on the shelf at TRU or WalMart, but this will probably fuel adult collectors, giving the company a faster capital inflow in order to produce a second.

While you are right that people buy these to hang in their kids rooms, there are enough other P-51s out there, that I don't really feel that the kid market is being shut out. However, another Old Crow like paint scheme might not capture as many initial sales.

So...are we getting anything modern?

im hoping for a T-34 and some russian soldiers!

the pin up nose art is a novelty and will fuel some extra sales as a result. It will also have swastika kill markings printed on the plane, which is a first in this scale.

While it's not ideal for kids, it's not that bad. It's just a drawing after all. Most 12 year old boys have seen worse, i'd be willing to bet. And i don't see that one non-child friendly paint scheme is a big deal after the slew of other paint schemes that have already been offered.

And like it or not, it's part of history and collectors have as much entitlement to have this in their collection as anything else. No sense pretending pin up nose art didn't happen. It happened lots.....and some of it way more graphic than this.

Lots worse things about WWII than pin up nose art. Like concentration camps and atomic bombs..

Hoping for some Modern stuff!

but i'll certainly buy a King Tiger

Notice the banner on the right hand side of the page, a german wearing a gas mask, new figure coming?
Nev

I'd like to see them package, the stuff in plain cardboard boxes. Especialy , since this new company will be relying on on-line sales, to move most of their product. It would help reduce the amount of damaged product, from the those flimsy window panels, collapsing. Hopefully it would also help keep the price-point down.

[quote="aferguson"]the pin up nose art is a novelty and will fuel some extra sales as a result. It will also have swastika kill markings printed on the plane, which is a first in this scale.



the Petie has swastika kill markings on it. one of my favs from 21c. never understood why it didnt do well

Great news!
Are these the same people that were behind 21C Toys?

Does All-go's King Tiger represent a tank from the Eastern Front?

YES

The original paint master is from s.SS PzAbt 501, fighting in France. It should have zimmerit, i believe.


But apparently they're changing the paint scheme?

Great news! Lookind forward to everything.

happy to hear that the KT may be a reality after all.

Admiral Toys had nice boxes. Each customized for the bird, but sturdy.

But I'd go for plain cardboard boxes too.

WOW!
It looks like Christmas has come a little late this year, but a present worth waiting for!
GO - ALL-GO Toys!!!!

TKO- you been hiding this under your hat for awhile, huh?

Great news.

Love the Mustang,and think that the nose art is just fine.

And you armour guys must be pumped about the King Tiger.

Not going to get too excited,until we have a bit more information,though.

Thanks for the update,Zach.

Any kid who has a computer with internet access that the parents never bother to monitor has indeed seen much worse. That would account for a large percentage of families these days judging from the PC's I've had to remove crap from.

On topic, though, this is indeed good news and while I am a 1/32 guy myself, if this bird does well then it hopefully bodes well that they will honor their commitment to release "all new paint schemes and all new molds across multiple scales and era’s" and that means more stuff for me. And considering that its going to take me the better part of a year to build all the 1/32 models I've recently purchased they'll have plenty of time to meet that goal.

I hope to see that P-51 scheme in my scale someday - I prefer OD schemes. The P-38 model I got was supposed to be bare metal but I gave it an olive D-Day scheme (I like the stripes).

The pre-orders will be popping up soon, but when you see the price for these I imagine the cheering will come to a screeching halt - they are not cheap, gone are the days of Wally World mass production run pricing. This will be a limited production run and thus a very expensive model.